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Reminiscing About Sudan in Movies: Lost Past, Misunderstood Present and Perplexing Future
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
The DJs of Sudan
Books
Reem Gaafar’s “A Mouth Full of Salt” Coming Out on 9 April
Zeinab Badawi Announces Publication of Her First Book “An African History of Africa”
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
Creative Writing
In Her First Book, Roaa Nizar Writes ‘To All Who Exist’
On What it Means to be Sudani: An Introspection
Crying for Omar
Photography
‘Modern Sudan’ Photography Competition Launched
‘Sudan Protests’: Regional Winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest
Introducing Food Stylist Thuraya Mahmoud
Society
Colourism and Skin Bleaching in South Sudan
Modesty in Sudan | Part III: Facing Patriarchal Power
The Natural Hair Movement in Sudan
Travel
Countries South Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Countries Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
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Tahani Ajak: The Unknown Helping Hand of Sudan’s Refugee Camps
Interview with Reem Gaafar, The First Sudanese to Win The Island Prize for African Novels
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
Foreigners’ Perspective
From Nimiti Paradise to Sand Dunes Dreamland
Five Things I Miss About Sudan
Sudan: A Home Away from Home
Science and Technology
Culture and Society in South Sudan in the Face of Climate Change
A Surgeon’s Legacy: Remembering Dr Isam Osman
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Technology
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Shakheto: Sudanese Team at 2023 Hult Prize Challenge
Blockchain for Cross-border Remittances in Sudan: A Humanitarian Approach
Health
Remembering Dr Bushra Ibnauf
B’Sarahah: New Initiative Tackling Mental Health in Sudan
Period Poverty in Sudan
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Sudan Professionals Association Calls for Mass Procession on Thursday
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500 Words Magazine
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Feb 20, 2019
In the third month of the Sudan uprising, Sudan Professionals Association (SPA) has called for a mass procession, named “موكب الرحيل” or the ‘Procession of the Departing’, on Thursday 21 February 2019, starting at 1 pm...
Sudan Protests Still Strong
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500 Words Magazine
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Feb 8, 2019
Earlier this week, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) called for further anti-government protests on Thursday, 7 February, referred to as ‘The Procession for the Detained and Tortured’. Thousands of protesters across Sudan took to the streets calling for President...
Sudan Protests: What Does Tear Gas Do?
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500 Words Magazine
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Feb 6, 2019
Since 19 December 2018, protests began across Sudan calling for the downfall of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and his regime, the National Congress Party (NCP). Thousands of protesters took to the streets chanting, ‘Tasgut Bas!’, telling...
Sudan Protests: An Uprising Led by Sudan’s Youth
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Saria El-Amin
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Feb 5, 2019
Sudan is witnessing the start of a revolution against a 30-year oppressive and dictatorial regime. Protests began on 19 December 2018 in Atbara and spread like wildfire to many other cities and towns across Sudan. To...
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
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Yusra Jamal and Rawan Abazer
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Jan 21, 2019
It all began on 19 December 2018 in the eastern city of Atbara, the first city to take to the streets in protest of a hike in bread prices. Soon, they began to call for the...
Sudan Uprising: Protests in Burri Turn Deadly
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Jan 18, 2019
Over a week ago, Sudanese Professionals Association called for further anti-government protests on 17 January in greater Khartoum and other cities in the fourth week of the Sudan uprising. Anti-government protests continued across Sudan throughout the...
The Chants of the Sudan Uprising
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Wa'el Jubara
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Jan 17, 2019
‘اتق شر الحليم اذا غضب’ An Arabic proverb that goes along the lines of ‘Be wary of the forbearing (slow-to-anger), if they become angry’. As we speak, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who has been in...
How Ushahidi Technology Can be Applied in Sudan?
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Mohammed Jalad
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Jan 16, 2019
It is 2008, the Kenyan election has just started. Violence erupts around the country after widespread perception that the count of the presidential election was modified in favour of then Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, leaving millions of...
Weddings in Sudan Embrace ‘Sudan Uprising’ Chants
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500 Words Magazine
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Jan 13, 2019
December 2018 marked the beginning of the Sudan uprising or revolution with anti-government protests breaking out across the country, calling for the downfall of President Omar Al Bashir and his regime. As peaceful demonstrations flooded the...
Doctors in Omdurman on Strike After Police Forces Attack Hospitals
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500 Words Magazine
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Jan 12, 2019
The anti-governement protests of Omdurman on 9 January 2019, which saw the largest number of protesters of the ongoing Sudan uprising, turned deadly as police forces responded to the peaceful demonstrations with live ammunition, rubber bullets, and...
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